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Amorandron

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Registered: 2016-07-06

Posts: 11

KDE 5.7 + Wayland

Hi!

I'm new to Arch Linux, I would like to do a fresh Plasma install on my new laptop. I read online that Plasma 5.7 now works with wayland, and that wayland will become the future standard for window management. I read the pages on the Wiki, but I still have some questions before I actually do the install:
1. Does wayland replace Xorg?
2. How exactly do I make KDE Plasma use/install wayland?
3. Is it still very buggy/unstable?
Thanks in advance for you guys' answers!

-Amorandron

arojas

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From: Spain

Registered: 2011-10-09

Posts: 2,098

Re: KDE 5.7 + Wayland

1. Not yet
2. pacman -S plasma-wayland-session, choose Plasma (Wayland) on SDDM
3, Yes

Amorandron

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Registered: 2016-07-06

Posts: 11

Re: KDE 5.7 + Wayland

Okay thanks, but do I need to have the XORG packages installed?

smirky

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From: Bulgaria

Registered: 2013-02-23

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Re: KDE 5.7 + Wayland

Make sure you have the following packages:

$ pacman -Q |grep wayland
kwayland 5.23.0-3
kwayland-integration 5.7.0-1
lib32-wayland 1.11.0-1
qt5-wayland 5.7.0-1
wayland 1.11.0-1
wayland-protocols 1.4-1
xorg-server-xwayland 1.18.3-2

From then on, you have 2 choices:

1) Either start plasma 5 under wayland with a login manager, such as sddm or ...

2) Go to a tty and just:

$ startplasmacompositor

For the record, you need mesa drivers (this means mesa-libgl or mesa-libgl-git), proprietary drivers are not working for EGL and that's what Plasma in Wayland mode uses.

Last edited by smirky (2016-07-06 20:39:26)

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Amorandron

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Registered: 2016-07-06

Posts: 11

Re: KDE 5.7 + Wayland

Make sure you have the following packages:

$ pacman -Q |grep wayland
kwayland 5.23.0-3
kwayland-integration 5.7.0-1
lib32-wayland 1.11.0-1
qt5-wayland 5.7.0-1
wayland 1.11.0-1
wayland-protocols 1.4-1
xorg-server-xwayland 1.18.3-2

From then on, you have 2 choices:

1) Either start plasma 5 under wayland with a login manager, such as sddm or ...

2) Go to a tty and just:

$ startplasmacompositor

For the record, you need mesa drivers (this means mesa-libgl or mesa-libgl-git), proprietary drivers are not working for EGL and that's what Plasma in Wayland mode uses.

I did everything you told me to do, I boot up into SDDM choose Plasma (wayland), the KDE logo with the blue bar shows up but then the screen goes black. The only thing I can do is move my mouse. Did I do something wrong?

Xabre

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2009-03-19

Posts: 750

Re: KDE 5.7 + Wayland

As for Xorg packages: yes, you need XWayland. Unless you don't plan to use all that software which still doesn't support Wayland. Which is most of the software.

mcloaked

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From: Yorkshire, UK

Registered: 2012-02-02

Posts: 1,240

Re: KDE 5.7 + Wayland

Does anyone know of any threads where there is a discussion of what is not working yet running plasma + wayland in arch?  It will certainly be great when wayland gets to the stage where it can reliably be used on a day to day basis.

Last edited by mcloaked (2016-07-24 21:26:29)

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